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Friday, November 10, 2017
Various indy wrestling stuff
Austin Aries made his first appearance since his WWE release this past Saturday night for Impact Pro Wrestling, which is not the nationally televised promotion of a similar name. that group has its 20th anniversary show tomorrow night in Algona, IA at the Locker Room Bar & Grill. ( I actually know a guy who's a manager in this group. Mike Vandy. :) )
Cleveland Knights Championship Wrestling tomorrow night in Parma, OH at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is headlined by Billy Gunn vs. Joey Ryan plus a match involving the Rock & Roll Express.
Action Packed Wrestling on Sunday in Huntington, WV at 7 p.m. and Roll-a-Rama with Jock Samson vs. Progressive Liberal Daniel Richards as the main event. (Richards used to wrestle in AMW and is a great heel, gets awesome heat as a heel).
Upstate Pro Wrestling tomorrow night in Rochester, NY at the Eagles Club for a 6 p.m. show headlined by Nick Ando vs. Sean Carr.
Cleveland Knights Championship Wrestling tomorrow night in Parma, OH at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is headlined by Billy Gunn vs. Joey Ryan plus a match involving the Rock & Roll Express.
Action Packed Wrestling on Sunday in Huntington, WV at 7 p.m. and Roll-a-Rama with Jock Samson vs. Progressive Liberal Daniel Richards as the main event. (Richards used to wrestle in AMW and is a great heel, gets awesome heat as a heel).
Upstate Pro Wrestling tomorrow night in Rochester, NY at the Eagles Club for a 6 p.m. show headlined by Nick Ando vs. Sean Carr.
Tonight's featured indy group's latest shhow is, this. :) Reality of Wrestling TV: Episode 184
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QPJ6QegxtY
(Reality of Wrestling) is a wrestling promotion owned by Booker T that runs out of Houston, Texas showcasing the top unsigned talent from around the world in a weekly episodic series.
(Reality of Wrestling) is a wrestling promotion owned by Booker T that runs out of Houston, Texas showcasing the top unsigned talent from around the world in a weekly episodic series.
Keep booking like Jarrett is Russo in Impact Wrestling and watch the viewership continue to fall.
Source: ShowBuzz Daily
This week's Impact Wrestling episode, featuring fallout from Sunday's Bound For Glory pay-per-view and a main event segment with Alberto El Patron fighting Johnny Impact, drew 250,000 viewers. This is down from last week's 275,000 viewers.
This week's show failed to make the Cable Top 150 spot. Last week's show ranked #140.
The NFL and NBA topped the night with several games on cable.
This week's Impact Wrestling episode, featuring fallout from Sunday's Bound For Glory pay-per-view and a main event segment with Alberto El Patron fighting Johnny Impact, drew 250,000 viewers. This is down from last week's 275,000 viewers.
The NFL and NBA topped the night with several games on cable.
RevPro Global Wars UK results: Ishii vs. Keith Lee steals the show
In collaboration with NJPW, the first of Revolution Pro Wrestling's two Global Wars UK shows took place last night. York Hall in London hosted a show-stealing match as Tomohiro Ishii faced off with Keith Lee, then Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay teamed against Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event.
- Ryan Smile defeated Josh Bodom and BUSHI to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
This was a really fun opener. There were some big high spots, including Smile doing a crazy tope con hilo over the turnbuckle and Bodom doing a moonsault to the floor.
BUSHI hit the mist on Bodom, which allowed Smile to get the pin and win the title after an RKO/frog splash combo.
- Toru Yano & Gedo defeated Lord Gideon Grey & No Fun Dunne (Damian Dunne)
As expected, this was an entertaining comedy match. It began with the heels opening Yano's powder-gimmicked DVD. There was lots of nonsense from there, with Yano getting the pin on Dunne with a low blow and a roll-up.
- Matt Riddle defeated El Desperado
Riddle is adored in the UK. The match was very good. Riddle hit some big chops and strikes early, then Desperado came back and worked on his knee. Riddle sold that really well, staging a comeback and finishing the match with a tombstone and the Bromission.
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Marty Scurll
The crowd was incredibly torn here, though Scurll played the clear heel and worked over Naito's arm. Both guys were very protected. Scurll was about to lock in the chicken wing when BUSHI distracted him. There was also a great near fall towards the end where Scurll hit Naito with his umbrella and tried to pin Naito with his feet on the ropes.
A ref bump led to Scurll being distracted and Naito hitting the Destino for the win. This was fun because both are so over and charismatic, but they were both wrestling well within themselves.
- Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Gibson
As he usually does, Gibson got booed out of the building. Nagata looked a bit slower than in the past but was still great. The match was slow paced, with the story of it being Gibson disrespecting Nagata. Nagata ended up beating him with a backdrop suplex, though the finish seemed to come a bit out of nowhere.
- CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes) defeated Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI
This was a fun tag match with some great and innovative tag moves from CCK. Romero didn't get much of a reaction when he came out, but the crowd got really into him. They didn't seem to care about YOSHI-HASHI, though.
For the finish, Banks pinned Romero with the Kiwi Buzzsaw.
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee
This was the best match I've seen live -- better than Ishii's previous RevPro matches against Riddle and Chris Hero. It was expertly laid out, had insane heat, massive strikes, and some remarkable feats of athleticism.
They started off with Lee no-selling Ishii's offense, which played well since the York Hall crowd is used to seeing Ishii dominate. Lee then laid in some absolutely heinous chops. The story of the match was all about Ishii trying to find an opening and wearing Lee down, while Lee got increasingly smug.
After teasing a suplex on Lee for a long time, the place came unglued when Ishii finally got him up and held him in place. The pace picked up from there, with more strikes, kick outs at one, and fighting spirit. Lee missed a second rope moonsault, then Ishii chopped him down with lariats and hit the brainbuster to win.
- Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
While they had a really difficult job trying to follow Ishii vs. Lee, they put on a really fun main event. The clash of styles worked surprisingly well, and for a Suzuki match it had almost no interference.
Suzuki's facial expressions are amazing live. He and Sabre did lots of great heel tag team work. At one point, Sabre had two submissions on Goto and Ospreay before Suzuki followed it up with a double kneebar on them both.
Suzuki distracted the ref a lot, and there were some great striking battles between him and Goto and Sabre and Ospreay. Finally, Goto got the upper hand on Suzuki on the outside, which allowed Ospreay to hit the OsCutter on Sabre for the win.
- Ryan Smile defeated Josh Bodom and BUSHI to win the Undisputed British Cruiserweight Championship
This was a really fun opener. There were some big high spots, including Smile doing a crazy tope con hilo over the turnbuckle and Bodom doing a moonsault to the floor.
BUSHI hit the mist on Bodom, which allowed Smile to get the pin and win the title after an RKO/frog splash combo.
- Toru Yano & Gedo defeated Lord Gideon Grey & No Fun Dunne (Damian Dunne)
As expected, this was an entertaining comedy match. It began with the heels opening Yano's powder-gimmicked DVD. There was lots of nonsense from there, with Yano getting the pin on Dunne with a low blow and a roll-up.
- Matt Riddle defeated El Desperado
Riddle is adored in the UK. The match was very good. Riddle hit some big chops and strikes early, then Desperado came back and worked on his knee. Riddle sold that really well, staging a comeback and finishing the match with a tombstone and the Bromission.
- Tetsuya Naito defeated Marty Scurll
The crowd was incredibly torn here, though Scurll played the clear heel and worked over Naito's arm. Both guys were very protected. Scurll was about to lock in the chicken wing when BUSHI distracted him. There was also a great near fall towards the end where Scurll hit Naito with his umbrella and tried to pin Naito with his feet on the ropes.
A ref bump led to Scurll being distracted and Naito hitting the Destino for the win. This was fun because both are so over and charismatic, but they were both wrestling well within themselves.
- Yuji Nagata defeated Zack Gibson
As he usually does, Gibson got booed out of the building. Nagata looked a bit slower than in the past but was still great. The match was slow paced, with the story of it being Gibson disrespecting Nagata. Nagata ended up beating him with a backdrop suplex, though the finish seemed to come a bit out of nowhere.
- CCK (Travis Banks & Chris Brookes) defeated Rocky Romero & YOSHI-HASHI
This was a fun tag match with some great and innovative tag moves from CCK. Romero didn't get much of a reaction when he came out, but the crowd got really into him. They didn't seem to care about YOSHI-HASHI, though.
For the finish, Banks pinned Romero with the Kiwi Buzzsaw.
- Tomohiro Ishii defeated Keith Lee
This was the best match I've seen live -- better than Ishii's previous RevPro matches against Riddle and Chris Hero. It was expertly laid out, had insane heat, massive strikes, and some remarkable feats of athleticism.
They started off with Lee no-selling Ishii's offense, which played well since the York Hall crowd is used to seeing Ishii dominate. Lee then laid in some absolutely heinous chops. The story of the match was all about Ishii trying to find an opening and wearing Lee down, while Lee got increasingly smug.
After teasing a suplex on Lee for a long time, the place came unglued when Ishii finally got him up and held him in place. The pace picked up from there, with more strikes, kick outs at one, and fighting spirit. Lee missed a second rope moonsault, then Ishii chopped him down with lariats and hit the brainbuster to win.
- Hirooki Goto & Will Ospreay defeated Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.
While they had a really difficult job trying to follow Ishii vs. Lee, they put on a really fun main event. The clash of styles worked surprisingly well, and for a Suzuki match it had almost no interference.
Suzuki's facial expressions are amazing live. He and Sabre did lots of great heel tag team work. At one point, Sabre had two submissions on Goto and Ospreay before Suzuki followed it up with a double kneebar on them both.
Suzuki distracted the ref a lot, and there were some great striking battles between him and Goto and Sabre and Ospreay. Finally, Goto got the upper hand on Suzuki on the outside, which allowed Ospreay to hit the OsCutter on Sabre for the win.
This is how cheap Anthem Sports is when it comes to the Impact Wrestling titles.
From the Impact tv report I just posted.
"Just slapping a plate on the GFW Title belt looks horrendous. Honestly, they should have just gone back to the old belts. It literally looks like someone just slapped a bumper sticker over the GFW logo".
What fucking cheapskates. too cheap to get new titles? OR, too lazy to just go back to the old ones. Again this shows how fucked up this company really is, and unfortunately, everyone but them seems to know this.
"Just slapping a plate on the GFW Title belt looks horrendous. Honestly, they should have just gone back to the old belts. It literally looks like someone just slapped a bumper sticker over the GFW logo".
What fucking cheapskates. too cheap to get new titles? OR, too lazy to just go back to the old ones. Again this shows how fucked up this company really is, and unfortunately, everyone but them seems to know this.
Big Update On The Future Of Lucha Underground
Lucha Underground officially announced today that they will return for a fourth season. The third season, which finished airing in October, was taped over a year ago from March - May of 2016.
It is not known what talent will appear in the upcoming season, although Johnny Mundo will apparently have a big role, as he is the only wrestler featured in the promo above for the new season. In the promo, Mundo says that he will "take back what's [his]... Welcome to Slam Town!"
Mundo debuted for Impact Wrestling this past summer. Mundo told Ring Rust Radio in September that he signed with Impact because of the long hiatus, but was still confident about Lucha Underground returning for a fourth season.
"I'm very confident that there's going to be another season of Lucha Underground," Mundo said. "The factor that went into my decision in going to Impact was really that it felt like it was a great opportunity for me to get to do everything. Impact, Lucha, AAA, and it doesn't feel like I'm really given up anything. Lucha Underground was on hiatus for so long I haven't been doing any new wrestling for a TV show in over a year and I was starting to feel a little antsy in the pantsy to get out in the ring and do something in front of national audience. This opportunity with Impact came up and I felt like I needed to jump on it. Antsy in the pantsy? Ever see the movie Super Troopers? It comes from Super Troopers with the maple syrup and they get all syrupy and antsy in the pantsy, it's just a funny thing to say."
Mundo debuted for Impact Wrestling this past summer. Mundo told Ring Rust Radio in September that he signed with Impact because of the long hiatus, but was still confident about Lucha Underground returning for a fourth season.
"I'm very confident that there's going to be another season of Lucha Underground," Mundo said. "The factor that went into my decision in going to Impact was really that it felt like it was a great opportunity for me to get to do everything. Impact, Lucha, AAA, and it doesn't feel like I'm really given up anything. Lucha Underground was on hiatus for so long I haven't been doing any new wrestling for a TV show in over a year and I was starting to feel a little antsy in the pantsy to get out in the ring and do something in front of national audience. This opportunity with Impact came up and I felt like I needed to jump on it. Antsy in the pantsy? Ever see the movie Super Troopers? It comes from Super Troopers with the maple syrup and they get all syrupy and antsy in the pantsy, it's just a funny thing to say."
Yet another one is out the door at Impact Wrestling
Former TNA champion James Storm worked his last scheduled appearance for
Impact Wrestling at their TV Taping tonight in Ottawa, Ontario. He gave a
farewell speech, as he had been with the company since 2002 when the promotion
was founded by Jeff and Jerry Jarrett.
Storm later posted the following message on Twitter:
Storm's Impact deal technically expires this January, but with the company not running any dates before his deal expires, this was his swan song. As noted previously, the company, under new owner Anthem Media, has been cost cutting and the expectation is that Storm would not be offered a deal that would be close to what he had been making under his current contract.
Storm later posted the following message on Twitter:
.........#ThankYouStorm ???? pic.twitter.com/Vmxa52ELTB— James Storm (@JamesStormBrand) November 10, 2017
Storm's Impact deal technically expires this January, but with the company not running any dates before his deal expires, this was his swan song. As noted previously, the company, under new owner Anthem Media, has been cost cutting and the expectation is that Storm would not be offered a deal that would be close to what he had been making under his current contract.
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